Michael Palin
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-05-05 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Also known As
مایکل پیلین
Michael Palin
Biography
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", and "The Spanish Inquisition". Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also app...
Acting
1985
as Jack Lint
1979
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
1988
as Ken Pile
1975
as First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
1983
as Various Roles
1977
as Dennis Cooper
1982
as Various Roles
1997
as Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
1971
as Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady
2008
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
2006
as Various Characters
2014
as Self
1981
as Vincent
2004
2006
1978
as Eric Manchester
2010
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
1996
as The Sun
2007
as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
1969
as Various
2011
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
2008
as Himself
1973
as Various
1982
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
1991
as Rev. Francis Ashby
1984
as Gilbert Chilvers
1976
as Self
1979
as Various Roles
1982
as Self - Various Roles
1989
1975
as Harris
2015
as Kindly Alien (voice)
1995
as Rat
1996
as Rat
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as salesman
1970
2012
1997
as Himself / Presenter
2013
as Self
2012
as Self
2013
as General Mitford
2001
2008
as Self
1990
as Self / Various Roles
1981
as (voice)
2012
as Self
1989
as Self / Various Characters
1989
as Self
2014
as Self, others
1983
as Workman
2022
as Self
2014
as Self
1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
2009
as Self
2014
2023
2016
as Self
2003
2014
as Himself
2008
2016
1993
as Various
2005
1987
2003
2017
as Vyacheslav Molotov
2008
as Presenter
2009
as Self
1976
as Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt
1977
as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
2011
as Self
1977
as Major Errol Phipps
1977
as Charles Chiddingford
1977
as Captain Walter Snetterton
1977
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
1979
as Gerald Whinfrey
1979
as Gordon Ottershaw
1979
as Roger
1966
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
2014
1989
1986
as Self
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
2015
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1974
as Henry
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Self
1999
as Self
1999
1999
2008
2008
as Self
2008
2013
as Himself
2002
as Himself - Presenter
2000
as Himself
1990
as Self
2019
as Self
2019
1988
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as Howard
2007
as Self
2020
1970
2012
as Self
2005
as Self
1998
as Self
2020
as Newscaster (voice)
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2003
as Self
1991
as Narrator (voice)
2011
2025
as Self
1990
as Witch at Meeting (uncredited)
2024
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
Production
1979
as Screenplay
1975
as Writer
1983
as Screenplay
1971
as Screenplay
1981
as Writer
1982
as Writer
1991
as Writer
1981
as Screenplay
2014
as Writer
1973
as Writer
1988
as Writer
1982
as Producer
1982
1988
as Theatre Play
2008
as Writer
1973
as Additional Writing
2008
as Screenplay
1974
as Writer
1987
as Writer
1997
as Writer
2013
as Writer
1976
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1971
1979
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1977
as Writer
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